Normally a photo this busy might not even survive my initial cull. But, this is my first time ever getting a portrait of a Gray Fox, so it stays. I’ve hiked or camped in these hills about a dozen times. In that whole time, I’ve only seen a fox twice, and one of those times was an encounter that only lasted a few seconds.
I barely made out this fox through some dense fog as it hunted near a trail. As I got closer, it bounded into the bushes, and I thought for sure I had spooked it. It turned out it was just hunting, and had decided to use a log as the base for its next attack. I got to spend 15 minutes watching the fox pounce, groom, and inspect the underbrush for signs of potential prey before it zoomed off into the forest.
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